Window construction and regulator for same



July 5, 1938. A. w. sUsoR 2,122,963

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION AND REGULATOR FOR SAME Filed June 2o, 193e 4 sheets-sheet 1 ATTORNEY.

' July5, 1938. A. w. sUsoR 2,122,963

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION AND REGULATORFOR SAME Filed June 20, .1936 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

BY www ATTORNEY.

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TTORNEY.

Patented July 5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT` OFFIQE RSAME Albert W. Susor, Toledo, Ohio Application June 20,

Claims.

This application relates to window constructions and to regulators for the same.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a window construction particularly 5 suitable for automobile doors, the same comprising two co-planar windows covering the window opening of the door, with the windows so constructed as to rotate in their own planes about a common pivot. The regulator for these windows is so constructed that it rotates the windows sequentially and not simultaneously. On opening, the regulator will rst rotate open the leading one of the two windows and nally will rotate open the trailing one of the two windows; on closing the reverse action will take place. Inasmuch as the leading edge of the leading window may be moved slightly, without opening the trailing window, it is practical to use this construction as a substitute for the presently known Ventilatingtype constructions where single windows having compound movements are provided.

The present invention also relates to a regulator for two adjacent co-planar windows or the like, the regulator being so constructed as to move the windows sequentially and not simultaneously.

Further objects will presently be understood upon reference to the appended drawings. In these drawings,

Fig. 1 shows a door with both windows in full closed position, regulator parts being shown in place;

Fig. 2 shows the door with the leading window open slightly;

Figs. 2a and 2b show the regulator parts in full open and full closed positions;

Fig. 3 shows the door with the leading window open completely;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail of the bottom edge channels and the pivot mountings for the windows;

Fig. 6 is a detail of a supplementary guide;

Fig. '1 shows another modication with the regulator parts in window closed position;

Fig. 7a is a section -on line 10,-1a of Fig. '7.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that Fig. 1 discloses an automobile door I0 having a Window opening, bounded by the lines II and adapted to be covered by two separate windows I2 and I4.

The window I2 has its lower edge provided with a channel I5 terminating -in a bar I6 through which passes a pivot pin I1 at the leading edge of the door and mounted on the door so that the window I2 may rotate in its own plane on an axis transverse to and substantially at the cor- 1936, Serial No. 86,264

ner of the window I2, and for this reason the window I2 is more or less sector-shaped, with its trailing edge having a felt-lined channel I8 formed on an arc centered on pivot I1 and receiving the complementarily shaped leading edge I9 of the window I4. In closed position the leading edge of the Window I2 is adjacent the leading edge of the door and the leading part of the opening II is closed by the window I2. In full open position, the leading edge of window I2 occupies a horizontal position below the lower horizontal edge of the opening II, and movement of the window I2 from its closed position to its full open position is provided by rotation of window I2 about its pivot I1.

The trailing window I4 has its lower edge provided with a channel terminating in a bar 2I through which passes pivot pin I1 and it is thus mounted to swing about the pivot I1 and in its own plane, and since the leading edge I9 of this window is received within the channel I8, and the trailing edge is received within an arcuate channel at the trailing edge of the door opening I I, the trailing window will also be guided in its movement.

To supplement the guiding provided by the guiding channel I8 between the trailing edge of the leading window I2 and the leading edge of the trailing window I4, there is provided on the channel 20 at the lower edge of the trailing window I4 a guiding element 22 adapted to t within the channel I8 as soon as the leading window starts to swing out of its closed position, the guiding element operating to guide the adjacent edges of the windows even after the channel I8 has left the leading edge of the trailing window.

For rotating these windows about the pivot I1, the channels I 5--28 receive buttons on the free ends 23-24 of swinging arms 25--26 fixed to and rotatable with the pinions 21-28 of a regulator having an operating pinion 29 rotatable by rotation applied to the shaft of the pinion through some manually operable handle or crank 3| or the like. The pinions 21, 28, and 29 are not gear-cut on their entire peripheries but are in the nature of segmental gears only, with the arrangement such that the first part of the rotation of the pinion 29 in the counterclockwise direction indicated in Fig. 1 will rotate the pinion 21 clockwise but will not rotate the pinion 28; when pinion 21 has been rotated to its complete extent, further rotation of pinion 29 will no longer cause rotation of pinion 21 but will start the rotation of pinion 28 clockwise, and continued rotation of pinion 29 from this point will rotate pinion 28 Cil to its full extent. This arrangement provides sequential operation of the two windows I2 and I4. For opening, window I2 must first be open to its complete extent before window I4 can be opened; for closing, window I4 must be closed to its complete extent before window I 2 will start closing.

If desired, the guiding channel I8, instead of being carried by and movable with the window I2, may be formed as part of the door, as indicated at I8a in Fig. '7. In this gure, the opening covered by the windows is a double opening with the two parts thereof separated by the door frame portion IBa which on its opposite edges is provided with channels receiving the adjacent edges of the windows I2 and I4. Be-

cause the adjacent edges of the windows are' guided by the fixed channel I8a, the provision of the pivotal mounting for the trailing window I4, and the provision of the supplementary guide 22, will not be necessary; in other respects, however, the construction of Fig. 7 is like that of Fig. 1.

I claim:

1. Window construction comprising a wall having a window opening, two co-planar windows covering said opening, one of said windows being pivoted at that lower corner thereof more remote from the other window than is the other lower corner thereof to rotate about said corner and in its own plane, means mounting the other window so that it also may pivot about the aforesaid pivoting corner of the first mentioned window, means to rotate the rst mentioned window and rotate the second mentioned window about their common pivot, and means guiding the adjacent edges of the two windows.

2. Window construction comprising a Wall having a window opening, two co-planar windows covering said opening, one of said windows being pivoted at that lower corner thereof more remote from the other window than is the other lower corner thereof to rotate about said corner and in its own plane, means mounting the other window so that it also may pivot about the aforesaid pivoting corner of the rst mentioned window, means to rotate the first mentioned window and rotate the second mentioned window about their common pivot, and common means guiding the adjacent edges of the two windows.

3. Window construction comprising a wall having a window opening, two co-planar windows covering said opening, one of said windows being pivoted at that lower corner thereof more remote from the other window than is the other lower corner thereof to rotate about said corner and in its own plane, means mounting the other window so that it also may pivot about the aforesaid pivoting corner of the rst mentioned window, means to rotate the first mentioned window and rotate the second mentioned window about their common pivot, the operating means for the two windows being interlocked to operate sequentially and not simultaneously.

4. Window construction comprising a wall having a window opening, two cao-planar windows covering said opening, one of said windows being pivoted at that lower corner thereof more remote from the other window than is the other lower corner thereof to rotate about said corner and in its own plane, means mounting the other window so that it also may pivot about the aforesaid pivoting corner of the first mentioned window, means to rotate the rst mentioned window and rotate the second mentioned window about their common pivot, and means guiding the adjacent edges of the two windows,

the operating means for the two windows being Y interlocked to operate sequentially and not simultaneously.

v 5. Window construction comprising a wall having a Window opening, two co-planar windows covering said opening, one of said windows being pivoted at that lower corner thereof more remote from the other window than is the other lower corner thereof to rotate about said corner and in its own plane, means mounting the other window so that it also may pivot about the aforesaid pivoting corner of the first mentioned window, means to rotate the rst mentioned window and rotate the second mentioned window about their common pivot, and common means guiding the adjacent 4edges of the two windows, the operating means for the two windows being interlocked to operate sequentially and not simultaneously.

ALBERT W. SUSOR. 

